SET LIST from Taiwan (English ver)
English page:
Japanese 10 songs
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Hungarian 10 songs
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Taiwanese 10 songs
日本語ページ: 日本の10曲リスト , ハンガリーの10曲リスト , 台湾の10曲リスト
日本語ページ: 日本の10曲リスト , ハンガリーの10曲リスト , 台湾の10曲リスト
- Wu Bai - Made in Taiwan
- Jiang Huei - Wife
- Huang Ke-lin - Going Backwards
- The Clippers - Turn On the Disco Ball!
- Labor Exchange band - The Night March of the Chrysanthemums
- Jeanette Wang - The Sky of Taipei
- Difang - Elders Drinking Song
- Bobby Chen - When the Drum Rolls
- Chang Yu-sheng - I Expect
- Richie Ren - Take the Road Again
Singer: Wu Bai (伍佰)
Song Name: Made in Taiwan (台灣製造)
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The following singers we going to introduce are Wu Bai (伍佰) and his band, China Blue. Wu Bai is one of the famous rock stars in Taiwan. He is a rare kind of singers who compose songs both in Taiwanese (Min-nan) and mandarin. Writing fluent lyrics in different dialects is not easy, and making them to impress all the people is definitely more difficult, but Wu Bai did it.
His mandarin songs catch the mood of people graphically who leave their hometown and work in foreign countries, and his Taiwanese (Min-nan) songs are tornados striking the deepest parts of Taiwanese soul. Especially for the Taiwanese from the south part of Taiwan, the Kaohsiung city, his songs recall their memories about their hometown and strongly beat their hearts.
The melody of his Taiwanese (Min-nan) songs focus on the life in urban, depict them with rock style and compose them to be speedy and powerful. Its totally different from those old school Taiwanese (Min-nan) songs which are full of broken hearts, view of harbors, and drunks. However, there are still some familiar Taiwanese taste could be found in these works. That’s why they are popular with all the ages of Taiwanese.
The song we are going to play is a moderato rock song called "Made in Taiwan" (台灣製造). It used lots of elements from a kind of traditional Taiwan ceremony, a march of spirits' patrolman. The other special things of Taiwan, the electronic floats, are also be included in this song. It shows a joyful atmosphere of Taiwan celebration.
The lyrics said that all the raw materials are form different countries of the worlds, but the best quality products are assembling in Taiwan. It is a metaphor of the economy style of Taiwan, the kingdom of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). It's also the ideal picture of Taiwan, in Wu Bai's mind.
Singer: Jiang Huei (江惠)
Song Name: Wife (家後)
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The song "wife" (家後) was written by Jheng Jin-yi (鄭進一), the magical Taiwan song writer, and sung by Jiang Huei (江惠), the famous Taiwanese diva. It is about a traditional Taiwanese woman and her marriage. Once married, traditional Taiwanese women always pay everything for her husband and family without any regret. We could feel their ordinary happiness from the spouses dialog in the lyrics.
Here's the background story that truly happened before:
A poor girl was sold to a rich guy to be his daughter-in-law reluctantly; however, after the rich family went down, she still kept dedicatied herself to operate the family. The couple in the story were just like the common Taiwan couples, or even all couples around the world, living in a usual life. They might quarrel for trivial things, and worry about their kid's future. But one day, when the couple got old and older, all children left home and formed their own family. The boy and the girl, oh, I should say, the old grandpa and grandmom still got together living a calm and happy life till the last day of life. That is the true ending of the story.
Singer: Huang Ke-lin (黃克林)
Song Name: Going Backwards (倒退嚕)
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The song, "Going Backwards" (倒退嚕), is a very popular song among traditional Taiwanese culture, often used in many traditional occasions such as religious activities, weddings, funerals, and various celebrations. Especially in the
Chinese Ghost Festival
. Being a combination of Taiwanese folk and religious music, this is a song with traditional Taiwanese style. Please join us and enjoy the song "Going Backwards".
The song is composed by Taiwanese singer Huang Ke-lin (黃克林). Huang Ke-lin started his career by hosting radio shows. Due to his unique and humorous hosting style, the radio show soon became very popular in Taiwanese society. Many clubs or live shows invited him to sing on the stages, but Huang refused them all. One thing is that he was busy hosting radio shows, another was that he thought that he would stay in the radio show field so that everyone can have the opportunity to earn money. That is Huang's values.
In Huang's mind, Taiwanese music should not be limited to love songs only. The level of Taiwanese music was stalled due to too many love songs. In 1990, Taiwanese singer Lin Qiang (林強) composed a song "Go Ahead" (向前走) which had a unique rock-and-roll style. The song set a milestone for the Taiwanese music industry. To respond to this change, Huang wrote this song "Going Backwards". At first, he just played the song in his radio shows to amuse his audiences. But beyond his imagination , the song "Going backwards" gained huge popularity. He then released a new album based on this song without any fancy packaging or advertisements.
Since Huang became a composer, only a few songs were composed fully by himself. But the songs he wrote himself are mostly "Advices for Society" or songs promoting important morals. He said "Only meaningful songs could live forever , while the popular ones would disappear soon."
The song was also popular among traditional Taiwanese culture. It is no doubt a true Taiwanese rock-and-roll song.
Singer: The Clippers (夾子電動大樂隊)
Song Name: Turn On the Disco Ball! (轉吧!七彩霓虹燈)
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In traditional Taiwanese culture, weddings and funerals are equally important. Therefore, the ceremony is usually a luxurious extravaganza for everyone to participate.
The electric mobile float, which is originated from this grassroots culture, carries flashy dance girls, clamorous bands and singers. The colorful lights and decorations, combined with singing and dancing, attract people from every corner of the town.
Although for once, the electric mobile float used to symbolize pornography and degeneration, nowadays, it has turned into an entertaining venue. The song "Turn On the Disco Ball" (轉吧!七彩霓虹燈), performed by The Clippers (夾子電動大樂隊), is going to present you a dazzling, splendid electric mobile float.
Singer: Labor Exchange band (交工樂隊)
Song Name: The Night March of the Chrysanthemums (菊花夜行軍)
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Dear all Vippers and Huppers, we are gong to introduce one the most representative Hakka song. It’s called "The Night March of the Chrysanthemums" (菊花夜行軍). The chrysanthemum is a kind of flower with thousands petals, and Hakka is a dialect of Taiwan. This song was composed by 交工樂團 (Labor exchange Band). In 1999, the labor exchange Band was established by five young people. They are the vocal Lin Sheng-siang (林生祥), the Bass Chen Guan-yu (陳冠宇), the drummer Jhong Cheng-da (鐘成達), one suona horn player Guo Jin-cai (郭進財), and one poet Jhong Yong-fong (鐘永豐). These people tried to mix the traditional Hakka folks with rock music, and then composed them into elaborate pieces.
Their albums not only present the Hakka culture, but also depict the reality of the Taiwan farming villages of the 90’s. "The Night March of the Chrysanthemums" is just a song like that. It’s a story about a Chrysanthemums farmer. After Taiwan joined WTO (World Trade Organization), the decrease of customs impacted framers’ life deeply. The price of chrysanthemum, like other agricultural products, was avoidless going down. One day, this worried farmer came to his greenhouse at midnight. He looked at these flowers, and thought about how to earn money by them. Those personalized chrysanthemums seem to know what he worries about. They hold a night march in front of him and show him that his hard work at farm had made them competitively enough to against any stress from WTO.
In this composition, they collected some live sounds, such as throttle of ox cart, or whistle, and use suona horn, a kind of traditional Chinese instrument, to imitate the sound of motorcycles. Those sounds worked together harmonically and created a picture of farming village. Moreover, the personalized chrysanthemums in the lyrics bring the song a magic realistic style.
Furthermore, the word "Night March" has some special meaning to Tappers, because staring from game5; the night attack is always Tappers’ favorite tactic. When you think about other clickers are bearing the sleepiness and keep clicking in such a deep night just like you , you will feel like all the clickers are bond together. Please enjoy it, "The Night March of the Chrysanthemums".
Singer: Jeanette Wang (王芷蕾)
Song Name: The Sky of Taipei (台北的天空)
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Jeanette Wang has sung several theme songs of movies and TV serials, and has become a famous singer during the 90s of Taiwan with publishing more than 30 albums. This song called "The Sky of Taipei" (台北的天空) was in the album named "Jeanette Wang's Sky" (王芷蕾的天空 ), 1985.
"The Sky of Taipei" is telling a story about a man who has traveled far away from home, worked hard for a long time, and then back home. He recalled all the things he has done during the time, and knew that hometown is always the best place to be in.
Jeanette has re-recorded this song in 2006, and made it into a rock version. If there is someone who is interested in the original version, you can try to find it out. Then, let's enjoy it. The Sky Of Taipei, Jeanette Wang.
Singer: kuo Ying-nan / Difang DuanaSong (郭英男)
Song Name : Elders Drinking Song (老人飲酒歌)
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Kuo Ying Nan(郭英男), who's original name is Difang Duana, was born in 1921 at Ami people's Ma Lan tribe, Taitung. In the age of 16, he became the accentor of his tribe (which is an honor to elder people in tradition). With the love of singing, he had always hoped that he can popularize Ami people's music.
This dream did not realize until 1978, at the age 57. At 1978, a national music research team came to Ma Lan tribe trying to do some record on their music, and the result is never expected. From that time, he had been called "the high level folk musician" and began to song in the public the following decades. At 1988, he was invited to perform in France and caused a sensation. At 1993, one new-age band Enigma sample this song "Elders Drinking Song" (老人飲酒歌) into their song "
Return to innocence
" in their second album. And it became the main theme of 1996 Atlanta Olympics. More and more people in the world could hear Kuo's wonderful singing. At 2002, this highly respected singer died in septicemia and pneumonia at the age of 80.
Most Ami's music has the melody but no fixed lyrics. Singer can sing only by the melody or use the lyrics made by themselves. In this song describes the tacit understanding between the same generation and the joyous of party of elder people after they drink.
Foot note:
The Ami people has social classes according to age. Different classes has different responsibilities to the whole tribe. Everyone in the same class share the public business, defence against the enemy, and layers of absolute obey. They have the responsibility of taking care of each other in order to cultivate the best tacit understanding and emotion.
The Ami people has social classes according to age. Different classes has different responsibilities to the whole tribe. Everyone in the same class share the public business, defence against the enemy, and layers of absolute obey. They have the responsibility of taking care of each other in order to cultivate the best tacit understanding and emotion.
Ami people earn their living mostly based on the ocean. The chants they sing are just like the tides and waves, light and various. The lyrics use a large amount of function words, such as "ho hai yan", but can still form numberous legend chants. Singers sing start from one person or a group of people, and others goes later, or antiphonal. This is called "Hahai".
Singer: Bobby Chen (陳昇)
Song Name: When the Drum Rolls (鼓聲若響)
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Singer/songwriter Bobby Chen (陳昇) has been in the music industry for 20 years. His voice always has a unique melancholy. Being an award-winning singer/songwriter, he is still young at heart. Every New Year's Eve, he would perform at a small venue, celebrating the New Year with his fans. The song "when the drum rolls" (鼓聲若響), written in 1994, made Bobby Chen and his band - New Formosa Band (新寶島康樂隊) reach the top of their music career.
The beginning of the song says, "Farewell my father; farewell my mother; farewell my love. I shall never return..." This song characterizes a vagrant singer leaving his hometown to make a living. When the drum rolls, on the stage, he sings out his dreams and nostalgia. Bobby Chen wrote the song based on his own rough experience. Meanwhile, the song tells the stories of many Taiwanese people who were away from home, working arduously in a foreign land.
Singer: Chang Yu-sheng (張雨生)
Song Name: I Expect (我期待)
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in 1994. And it is collected in the album "Live! Karaoke. Taipei. Me" (卡拉OK Live. 台北. 我). In his early years, he became famous with the unique high range of his voice. Then in the later period, he was well-known by the status of the record producer and his poetic lyrics.
Chang Yu-sheng is not only a talented singer but also a brilliant musician. He wrote all the lyrics and tunes, and occupied the producer by himself in the album "Live! Karaoke. Taipei. Me", and performed these songs with his live band. Successfully he created a characterful and charming record.
In 1997, Chang died in a car accident because of tiredness. He lived only 31 years. After He died, his record company invited Chang's best friend Tao Jing-ying (陶晶瑩) to re-record this song "I Expect". Using the modern recording techniques, they mixed Tao's voice with Chang's original version. This song was re-released in antiphonal style and more popular than ever.
There are the main points of the lyric:
I expect someday I shall come back to the childlike radiance and understand the highest love in the world. I wish the helplessness can be exchanged to the sounds of nature in spring night. And I wish now and future can be filled with the fresh air of fall. I identified my mind carefully. Say goodbye say goodbye, I raised my head and move my steps without any regret.
I expect someday I shall come back to the childlike radiance and understand the highest love in the world. I wish the helplessness can be exchanged to the sounds of nature in spring night. And I wish now and future can be filled with the fresh air of fall. I identified my mind carefully. Say goodbye say goodbye, I raised my head and move my steps without any regret.
Singer: Richie Ren (任賢齊)
Song Name: Take the Road Again (再出發)
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Singer Richie Ren (任賢齊) became famous in Asia with his 1996 album "Soft Heart" (心太軟) , but it was not until 1998, did his album "Love, is Like Pacific Ocean" (愛像太平洋) propagate his popularity from China back to his hometown, Taiwan.
As a physical education major, and with his passion and knowledge of various sports, he was invited by the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association to endorse the 34th World Baseball Championship in 2001, where he performed the theme song, "Take the Road Again" (再出發).
Throughout the baseball history in Taiwan, the World Baseball Championship was the largest international game. The craze for the game could rival that for the Click Click Click game we are participating right now. With the participation of 16 countries, the baseball fans in Taiwan, the hosting country, were the most enthusiastic among all.
The final for the 3rd place was Taiwan, or Chinese Taipei, playing against Japan. The support from the Taiwanese fans was inspired by the theme song, and team Chinese Taipei finally beat Japan and won the 3rd place.
Although the game was over, this song always recollects our enthusiasm. So, in the radio show, we are going to play this song to show our support for you.
Also, later in the year, Taiwan will be hosting the Asian Baseball Championship AND again the World Baseball Championship. We believe that the craze will return, and hopefully the love of baseball will be promoted to the entire world.